Minister of Agriculture Promises to Introduce Self-Control in the Inspection of Slaughterhouses

Brazil’s Agriculture Minister Tereza Cristina said the government will try to introduce self-control in inspections in agricultural industries including Slaughterhouses in an attempt to modernize the country’s food production monitoring services.

Tereza said the government plans to send a bill on self-control to Congress in the first half of this year. Shortcomings in Brazil’s official controls have led trade partners, such as the European Union and Russia, to embargo certain products from national units.